Burma national football team results (1950–1969)

Main article: Myanmar national football team results

This article details the fixtures and results of the Burma national football team from 1950 till 1969. The country is now known as Myanmar, a name adopted in 1989. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Results

Burma's score is shown first in each case.

1951

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition	Myanmar scorers	Ref.
5 February 1951 (1951-02-05)	Iran	0–2	1st Asian Games

1952

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition	Myanmar scorers	Ref.
16 March 1952 (1952-03-16)	India	0–4	1952 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament
23 March 1952	Pakistan	0–1	1952 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament

1953

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition	Myanmar scorers	Ref.
24 October 1953	Ceylon	3–2	1953 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament	Samuel Gordon (3)	[4]
28 October 1953	Pakistan	1–1	1953 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament	Ba Kyu	[5]
31 October 1953	India	2–4	1953 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament	Samuel Gordon, Ba Kyu	[6]

1954

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition	Myanmar scorers	Ref.
4 May 1954	Singapore	1–1	1954 Asian Games	Samuel Gordon	[7]
5 May 1954	Pakistan	2–1	1954 Asian Games	Samuel Gordon, Sein Pe	[7]
7 May 1954	South Korea	2–2	1954 Asian Games	Unknown
7 May 1954	Indonesia	5–4	1954 Asian Games	Unknown
19 December 1954	Pakistan	1–1	1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament	Sein Pe	[8]
23 December 1954	India	1–2	1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament	Samuel Gordon	[8]
25 December 1954	Ceylon	1–2	1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament	Htoo Wa	[8]

1955

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition	Myanmar scorers	Ref.
17 December 1955	Pakistan	2–4	1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament	Suk Bahadur, Kyaw Zan	[8]
20 December 1955	India	2–5	1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament	Suk Bahadur, Aung Shein	[8]
23 December 1955	Ceylon	1–3	1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament	Suk Bahadur (2), Aung Myint	[8]

1957

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition	Myanmar scorers	Ref.
27 June 1957	China	2–1	Friendly	Unknown
1 September 1957	Malaya	2–5	1957 Merdeka Tournament	Yaui Do, Vernon Styles	[9]
3 September 1957	Cambodia	2–0	1957 Merdeka Tournament	Maung Maung, Pe-khin	[10]
5 September 1957	Thailand	5–2	1957 Merdeka Tournament	Samuel Gordon, Vernon Styles, Tun Kyi	[11]
7 September 1957	Singapore	2–3	1957 Merdeka Tournament	Suk Bahadur (2)	[12]

1958

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition	Myanmar scorers	Ref.
25 May 1958	Indonesia	2–4	1958 Asian Games	Samuel Gordon, Tun Aung
26 May 1958	India	2–3	1958 Asian Games	Unknown

1959

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition	Myanmar scorers	Ref.
13 December 1959	Malaya	1–2	1959 SEAP Games	Unknown
14 December 1959	South Vietnam	0–3	1959 SEAP Games
15 December 1959	Thailand	2–5	1959 SEAP Games	Unknown

1961

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition	Myanmar scorers	Ref.
18 January 1961	Pakistan	3–1	Friendly	Suk Bahadur (2), Ko Ko Gyi	[13]
20 January 1961	Pakistan	0–4	Friendly		[14]
27 January 1961	Pakistan	1–1	Friendly	Ko Ko Gyi	[15]
28 October 1961	South Korea	1–3	Friendly	Maung Ko
11 December 1961	Cambodia	4–0	1961 SEAP Games	Unknown
13 December 1961	Malaya	1–2	1961 SEAP Games	Unknown
14 December 1961	South Vietnam	2–1	1961 SEAP Games	Unknown
16 December 1961	Malaya	0–2	1961 SEAP Games	Unknown

1962

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition	Myanmar scorers	Ref.
9 September 1962	Pakistan	0–1	1962 Merdeka Tournament
12 September 1962	Malaya	2–3	1962 Merdeka Tournament	Ko Ko (2)	[16]
16 September 1962	Japan	2–1	1962 Merdeka Tournament	Unknown

1963

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition	Myanmar scorers	Ref.
14 January 1963	China	0–3	Friendly
20 January 1963	China	2–1	Friendly	Unknown
22 March 1963	North Korea	0–0	1964 Summer Olympics Qualifiers
2 April 1963	North Korea	0–1	1964 Summer Olympics Qualifiers
4 September 1963	China	0–4	Friendly
17 December 1963	East Germany	1–5	Friendly	Unknown

1964

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition	Myanmar scorers	Ref.
28 August 1964	Malaysia	3–0	1964 Merdeka Tournament	Suk Bahadur, Aung Khin, Khin Maung Latt	[17]
30 August 1964	Taiwan	2–4	1964 Merdeka Tournament	Win Maung	[18]
2 September 1964	South Vietnam	1–0	1964 Merdeka Tournament	Aung Khin	[19]
6 September 1964	India	1–0	1964 Merdeka Tournament	Ba Pu	[20]

1965

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition	Myanmar scorers	Ref.
22 March 1965	Japan	1–1	Friendly	Unknown
15 August 1965	Hong Kong	4–2	1965 Merdeka Tournament	Unknown
22 August 1965	Thailand	1–1	1965 Merdeka Tournament	Maung Pan Sit	[21]
24 August 1965	Taiwan	3–1	1965 Merdeka Tournament	Sonny Tin Tun, Pan Sit, Kyaw Thaung	[22]
27 August 1965	India	1–1	1965 Merdeka Tournament	Unknown
15 December 1965	Singapore	1–0	1965 SEAP Games	Unknown
18 December 1965	Malaysia	2–0	1965 SEAP Games	Maung Myint, Than Win
22 December 1965	Thailand	2–2	1965 SEAP Games	Unknown

1966

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition	Myanmar scorers	Ref.
13 August 1966	Singapore	2–2	1966 Merdeka Tournament	Han Thein, Aye Maung	[23]
17 August 1966	Thailand	3–0	1966 Merdeka Tournament	Hla Kyi (2), Hla Htay	[24]
21 August 1966	Malaysia	0–0	1966 Merdeka Tournament
23 August 1966	South Korea	2–0	1966 Merdeka Tournament	Aung Khin (2)
25 August 1966	Hong Kong	2–0	1966 Merdeka Tournament	Aung Khin (2)	[25]
27 August 1966	South Vietnam	0–1	1966 Merdeka Tournament
12 December 1966	South Korea	1–0	1966 Asian Games	Han Thien
14 December 1966	Thailand	1–1	1966 Asian Games	Unknown
15 December 1966	Indonesia	2–2	1966 Asian Games	Unknown
17 December 1966	Iran	1–0	1966 Asian Games	Tin Aye	[26]
18 December 1966	Singapore	2–0	1966 Asian Games	Hla Kyi, Ba Pu
20 December 1966	Iran	1–0	1966 Asian Games	Hla Kyi	[27]

1967

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition	Myanmar scorers	Ref.
13 August 1967	South Korea	0–1	1967 Merdeka Tournament
15 August 1967	Singapore	3–0	1967 Merdeka Tournament	Unknown
19 August 1967	Indonesia	5–0	1967 Merdeka Tournament	Unknown
20 August 1967	Taiwan	1–2	1967 Merdeka Tournament	Unknown
23 August 1967	South Vietnam	3–0	1967 Merdeka Tournament	Ba Pu, Win Maung (2)	[28]
26 August 1967	South Korea	0–0	1967 Merdeka Tournament
12 November 1967	India	2–0	1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Suk Bahadur, Aung Khin	[29]
16 November 1967	Cambodia	1–0	1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Win Maung	[30]
19 November 1967	Pakistan	2–0	1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Suk Bahadur, Hla Kyi	[31]
11 December 1967	Malaysia	2–1	1967 SEAP Games	Unknown
12 December 1967	Thailand	1–0	1967 SEAP Games	Unknown
14 December 1967	Laos	2–0	1967 SEAP Games	Unknown
16 December 1967	South Vietnam	2–1	1967 SEAP Games	Unknown

1968

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition	Myanmar scorers	Ref.
11 May 1968	Republic of China	1–1	1968 AFC Asian Cup	Hla Htay
14 May 1968	Israel	1–0	1968 AFC Asian Cup	Ye Nyunt
16 May 1968	Iran	1–3	1968 AFC Asian Cup	Hla Tay
18 May 1968	Hong Kong	2–0	1968 AFC Asian Cup	Aung Khin, Suk Bahadur
10 August 1968	South Vietnam	3–0	1968 Merdeka Tournament	Hla Htay, Suk Bahadur, Ye Nyunt	[32]
12 August 1968	Hong Kong	3–0	1968 Merdeka Tournament	Unknown
13 August 1968	Thailand	0–0	1968 Merdeka Tournament
17 August 1968	Malaysia	1–1	1968 Merdeka Tournament	Suk Bahadur	[33]
18 August 1968	India	1–3	1968 Merdeka Tournament	Suk Bahadur	[34]
21 August 1968	Indonesia	2–1	1968 Merdeka Tournament	Ye Nyunt (2)	[35]
25 August 1968	Malaysia	0–3	1968 Merdeka Tournament
20 November 1968	Laos	3–0	1968 King's Cup	Suk Bahadur, Tin Aye, Ye Nyunt	[36]
22 November 1968	Singapore	2–0	1968 King's Cup	Aye Maung, Bu Pa
24 November 1968	Indonesia	1–3	1968 King's Cup	Tin Aung Moe
29 November 1968	Thailand	2–0	1968 King's Cup	Unknown
2 December 1968	Indonesia	0–1	1968 King's Cup

1969

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition	Myanmar scorers	Ref.
1 November 1969	India	6–0	1969 Merdeka Tournament	Ye Nyunt (3), Hia Tay (2), Maung Maung Tin	[37]
5 November 1969	Singapore	3–1	1969 Merdeka Tournament	Unknown
7 November 1969	Malaysia	1–3	1969 Merdeka Tournament	Unknown
9 November 1969	Singapore	9–0	1969 Merdeka Tournament	Unknown
8 December 1969	Thailand	1–1	1969 SEAP Games	Unknown
11 December 1969	Laos	4–0	1969 SEAP Games	Unknown
13 December 1969	Thailand	3–0	1969 SEAP Games	Unknown

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